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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Tiny-Entertainer-434 on 2023-08-02 01:01:28.
My brother was an addict when we were growing up.
My parents did everything to try and save him from himself including ignoring me and my sister to dedicate themselves to him.
I guess it worked. They got him into rehab and he is clean and sober now.
That is great for him. I, however, have a shattered relationship with my parents.
He stole them from me.
He also stole thousands of dollars worth of my belongings.
His wife recently passed away and he isn’t doing well.
Our parents passed away during the pandemic.
He reached out to me and asked if I would take his son if he died.
I said no.
Our sister refuses to speak with him so I am his only choice really.
He is begging me so that his son won’t end up in foster care.
I said I would take his son if he paid me back for everything he ever stole from me.
I told him only the monetary stuff would count.
So my 1999 Jeep that I paid for myself and he stole and crashed. And that my parents begged me not to report stolen so he wouldn’t go to jail.
My entire Uncanny X-Men comic collection.
That sort of thing.
I said he could never pay me back our parents missing my wedding because they were dealing with his bullshit.
My wife says that I’m being too harsh and that an innocent child is involved.
I can’t look at that kid without thinking of everything his father did to me.
I don’t think I would provide a good home for him.
He is probably better off in foster care.